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For a lazy person, I seem to be a very hard worker. Just ask Justin Fox. “Amid uncertain times in the job market one thing stands out — Americans in their 50s are working like never before,” he writes. “The employment-population ratio for this age group, which comprises the heart of Generation X, hit an all-time high in September.”

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